Growth and the Limitations of Government

Growth is the new cuts. Or rather there’s a sudden focus on getting the British economy moving after weeks in which almost nothing but public spending constraint has been discussed.

On Monday, David Cameron spoke to the CBI to plug his pro-growth agenda. Ed Miliband, trying to create a distraction from the economic-policy shaped hole currently at the heart of his and Alan Johnson’s offer, said that he is optimistic about what Britain can achieve (phew, that’s a relief) but that the coalition risks the future of humanity with its cuts.

Of course growth is the answer to the U.K.’S problems. But how to get it?